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Pair of mercury glass candlesticks.
Silvered mercury glass is mouth-blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid …
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Pair of mercury glass candlesticks.
Silvered mercury glass is mouth-blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution. The silvering is a heated solution of silver nitrate and grape sugar. The rough bottom scar, left when the glass is knocked from the pontil rod was often covered with copper discs or corked. Silvered mercury glass, an early example of art glass, was known as “poor man’s silver” in England in the mid-19th century.
Pair of antiqued look mercury glass candlesticks,
circa 1999.
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- Dimensions
- 4.5ʺW × 4.5ʺD × 12ʺH
- Styles
- British Colonial
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Art Glass
- Copper
- Cork
- Silver
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Silver
- Condition Notes
- Good Wear consistent with age and use. Good Wear consistent with age and use. less
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